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Unemployment; notification of a change in personal situation

If there are any changes in your personal situation during your unemployment, you must report them.

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A change in your personal situation may affect your entitlement to unemployment benefit. You may receive less or more money. You must therefore report any change in your personal circumstances to your local employment agency immediately. This information is important to ensure that you receive the correct amount of benefits to which you are entitled.

In particular, you must report if you:

  • go away for a longer period of time,
  • move house,
  • take up secondary employment (including voluntary work),
  • take up a job,
  • go back to school,
  • start training or studying,
  • become self-employed,
  • go on maternity leave or parental leave,
  • draw an old-age pension,
  • draw a reduced earning capacity pension,
  • are doing an internship, voluntary service or military service,
  • have changed your name or marital status
  • become ill or recover after an illness,
  • change your tax class or
  • have another reason for deregistration.

In some cases, you should contact your local employment agency before your personal situation changes.

For example, if you take up a second job: The income from the secondary employment may affect the amount of unemployment benefit you receive.

The obligation to notify also applies to changes that may have a retroactive effect on your benefits. This is the case, for example, if you are retroactively granted a pension.

If you receive supplementary unemployment benefit II in addition to unemployment benefit, you must notify the Jobcenter of the change separately. Please follow the instructions for this benefit and use the form for notifying changes when receiving basic income support benefits.

  • You receive unemployment benefit.
  • Your personal situation changes.

  • Required document/s
    • Notification of change
    • Please contact your local employment agency to find out which other documents you need to submit.

You can submit the notification of change online, in person, in writing or by telephone. You will then receive notification by post as to whether and how the change in your personal situation affects your entitlement to unemployment benefit.

If you would like to submit the notification of change online:

  • Go to the Federal Employment Agency's "eServices" online portal, log in and complete the change form directly online.

If you would like to submit the notification of change in person on site:

  • Download the notification of change form from the website of the Federal Employment Agency.
  • Fill out the form and bring it with you to the appointment with your employment agency.
  • It is best to bring the relevant supporting documents with you if they are required.

If you would like to submit the notification of change in writing:

  • Download the notification of change form from the Employment Agency website.
  • You can also use the form you received from your local employment agency when you registered for unemployment.
  • Complete the form and send it by post to your local employment agency.

If you would like to report the change by telephone:

  • Call the service hotline of the Federal Employment Agency and have your customer number ready.

Fee: none

You must report any changes immediately. This way, you avoid having to pay back benefits if necessary.

Depending on the nature of the notified change, processing will take up to 5 business days.

If you receive a decision that is detrimental to you as a result of the notified change(s), you have the option of lodging an objection. The deadline for lodging an objection is one month after notification of the decision. Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the relevant notification.

Status: 26.09.2024
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
Source: Federal Portal
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